OUR OPINION: Standard-Times applauds

SAN ANGELO, Texas - * Angelo State University’s student chapter of the American Chemical Society, which is featured for its green chemistry outreach efforts in the April edition of The Nexus, the official newsletter of the national ACS Green Chemistry Institute.

* Blake McCracken, who has been named recipient of ASU’s 2013 Presidential Award as the top graduate in his class. Receiving Distinguished Student Awards were Sara Criner Terral, Grant Wilde, Krista Czarnecki, Jill Cummings and Aeriel Elliott.

* ASU’s Andrew LaCombe, who has been named the Lone Star Conference’s Academic Baseball Player of the Year. Quaid McKinnon was selected to the All-Academic Team.

* The Irion County High School girls basketball team, which has been named the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Impact Team of the Year.

* ASU’s Nick Alejandro, Dylan Littlejohn, Emeline Crutcher and Jordan Gray, who have been named to the LSC Track & Field All-Academic Team.

* West Texans who won championships this week at the state UIL tennis tournament in College Station. They were Shanna Collett and Sarah Adams of Wall in Class 2A girls doubles, Margaret Lemke and Traci Jordan of Mason in Class 1A girls doubles, Rio Schmidt and Price Ruffin of Mason in Class 1A boys doubles, Riley Rambo and Taylor Lyckman of Menard in Class 1A mixed doubles and Jessey Martinez of Junction in Class 1A girls singles.

* ASU baseball player Lee Neumann, who has been named the LSC’s Co-Player of the Year. The Rams’ David Goggin was Frashman of the Year and Jake Feckley and Andrew LaCombe were named to the All-LSC first team.

* ASU softball player Sandra Serna, who was named the LSC’s Co-Newcomer of the Year. Morgan Spearman and Kacie Easley were selected to the All-LSC first team.